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Basella alba
(Basellaceae)
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Species description or overview
Basella alba information from PIER
Information on Basella alba as relevant to Pacific Islands is provided by the Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk project (PIER).
Taxonomy & nomenclature
GRIN nomenclature info for Basella alba
Nomenclatural information about Basella alba is provided by USDA/ARS/NGRP/GRIN.
ITIS nomenclature info for Basella alba
Nomenclatural information about Basella alba is provided by ITIS.
Basella alba information from the Smithsonian's Flora of the Hawaiian Islands
Information about Basella alba--including nomenclature and synonymy, and status and distribution in Hawaii--is provided by the "Flora of the Hawaiian Islands" website of the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. Links from this page include descriptive information about the species, as well as worldwide distributional information and general information about the genus.
Impacts
Basella alba (Basellaceae): species information from GCW
Information on Basella alba as relevant to Pacific Islands is provided by the Global Compendium of Weeds (GCW).
Risk assessments
Basella alba weed risk assessment for Hawaii-Pacific
Results of a weed risk assessment for Basella alba for the Hawaii-Pacific region are presented by the Hawaii-Pacific Weed Risk Assessment team.
Images
Images of Basella alba (Basellaceae) (Ceylon spinach)
Links to high-resolution free images of Basella alba (Basellaceae) (Ceylon spinach) by Forest & Kim Starr (USGS) are available here.
Basella alba images from PIER
Images of Basella alba provided by the Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk project (PIER).
Distribution
Basella alba information from the Smithsonian's Flora of the Hawaiian Islands
Information about Basella alba--including nomenclature and synonymy, and status and distribution in Hawaii--is provided by the "Flora of the Hawaiian Islands" website of the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. Links from this page include descriptive information about the species, as well as worldwide distributional information and general information about the genus.
Full-text articles
Vines and Climbing Plants of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands: an illustrated field guide to the native, naturalized or commonly cultivated vines and lianas of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.
Acevedo-Rodriguez, Pedro. 2005. Vines and Climbing Plants of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands: an illustrated field guide to the native, naturalized or commonly cultivated vines and lianas of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Illustrated by Bobbi Angell. 483 pages.
Annotated Checklist of the Vascular Plants on Midway Atoll, Hawaii.
Starr, F., K. Starr, and Loope L. 2006. Annotated Checklist of the Vascular Plants on Midway Atoll, Hawaii. An addendum to the 1999 Botanical Survey of Midway Atoll.
Botanical survey of Midway Atoll
Starr, F. and K. Martz. 1999. Botanical survey of Midway Atoll. In: 1995-1999 Baseline Surveys for Alien Species in Marine and Terrestrial Habitats on Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Honolulu, Hawaii.
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